My reputation as the Rain-God is safe ( Read more... )

So I make no bones about it.  My job sux.  I get treated like trash from the prima-donnas in my group, etc, etc.

Friday we get a help desk ticket opened from a warehouse saying their label printers are slow and they're not getting pick tickets and packing lists at all.  This is usually a standard Friday issue.  People jamming the systems trying to ( Read more... )

We live a hop, skip, and jump away from a local Jewish house of worship. We’ve actually had several members tell the wife and I (she’s Jewish, I’m not) that we should join the congregation because they have many mixed-faith families ( Read more... )

We're attending a black-tie optional wedding for one of spouse's co-workers in a couple of months. Spouse's group worked late tonight so talk apparently turned to the wedding ( Read more... )

Actual ticket I got from the help(less) desk today. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. :)

Message for XXXX. Hey XXXX will you please call me in regards to XXXXXX I have her here sitting in my office with her gun. Please call me.

Thanks
XXXXX

The "gun" in question is a wireless hand-held pc/scanner.

That's not a conversation you really want to have first thing in the morning ( Read more... )

Well, as some folks know I played bass in a rock/metal band for 15-odd years or so. We had put out an album (still available on iTunes and a bunch of other places). We were working on our second album (which would have been a really cool album imho) and we had the rough work done on 15 songs when everything just fell apart ( Read more... )

I had an appointment with my allergist after work today. She was running late so I spent longer then usual in the waiting room. As luck would have it I got stuck next to what I guess was a couple in their late 40's-early 50's. They were carrying on a conversation loud enough that it was impossible to ignore ( Read more... )

I'm on call for work this weekend so have my crackberry with me 24/7. I get pages from accuweather a couple of times a day. I got an alert about 90 minutes ago with the phrase "TAKE SHELTER NOW!". Collected the family and went to the basement. About ten minutes later the tornado sirens went off. Details are still sketchy (ie, there's not much ( Read more... )

Since it seems that all the local teens are out doing their various fundraisers lately I thought I'd post a little hint ( Read more... )